New German Government Allows Abortion Pill Sales

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July 7, 1999

BERLIN - German authorities cleared the RU-486 abortion pill for sale Tuesday, ignoring last-minute protests by the Roman Catholic Church. Sales of the pill had been blocked for years under former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, a Christian Democrat, but the center-left government that won September elections promised a change of course. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has said he welcomes giving women an alternative to surgical abortion.